Welcome to Madison Books, the neighborhood bookstore for Madison Park and its surrounding communities.

4118 East Madison Street, Seattle, WA 98112

Hours of Operation: 10am-6pm every day

206-325-3160 info@madisonbks.com Instagram


 

Upcoming Events

May 31, 2026: Please come join us at 7pm at Parlour Wines for an author gathering with Steve Sieberson and his recent U.K.-centered travel book, Low Mountains or High Tea. Steve’s first nonfiction adventure book, The Naked Mountaineer, was a finalist for the National Outdoor Book Award, and his novel, The Fifteenth Commandment, received the Independent Publisher Book Award bronze medal. He currently lives in Madison Park, which he says is a perfect base camp for teaching, writing, and roaming in his beloved Cascades. Please RSVP to the store email if you wish to attend. Copies of Low Mountains or High Tea will be available at the event.

 

June 6, 2026: Please join us down at Blaine Memorial to celebrate the publication of Tamiko Nimura’s wonderful new book, A Place For What We Lose. All details can be found below, as well as the RSVP link. Copies of the book are available in our store beforehand, and at the event. Please take note of the fact that we are not the hosts of the event (just the booksellers) and that it is happening offsite!

The Mad Book Club

We meet the last Thursday of every month at 6:30pm at Parlour Wines. All readers are welcome and you don't need to sign up in advance. We try to have multiple copies of the book club’s monthly pick available in the store beforehand.

In 2026, our theme is Works in Translation.

Our books and meeting times are below:

January 29: The Summer Book, Tove Jansson

February 26: Cross-Stitch, Jazmina Barrera

March 26: Three Strong Women, Marie Ndiaye

April 30: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

May 28: Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

June 25: I’m Off Then, Hape Kerkeling

July 30: The Door, Magda Szabo

August 27: Patriot, Alexei Navalny

September: Perfection, Vincenzo Latronico

October: We Do Not Part, Han Kang

November: If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino

December: A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami